单词 | to bid a good morrow |
释义 | > as lemmasto bid (also wish) (a person) a good morrow 1. As part of a customary expression of good wishes on meeting or (less commonly) parting during the morning (cf. sense good morning int.). Originally in God give you (a) good morrow; later chiefly in to bid (also wish) (a person) a good morrow, and (as an address) a good morrow to you. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > courteous formulae [phrase] > terms of greeting > at specific times of day good morrowc1390 good mornc1400 God give you good even1481 good evena1500 bonjour1573 c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. v. l. 148 Betun þe Breustere bad him gode morwe. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 44 Noble lord and lady god gyue you good morow. 1569 ‘L. Avale’ Commem. Edmonde Boner sig. Aviii Now gentle maister Boner, God giue you good morowe. 1611 G. Chapman May-day i. i. 8 Godge you God morrow Sir. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) ii. iii. 20 'Giue you good-morrow, sir. View more context for this quotation 1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 32 Then to com in spight of sorrow, And at my window bid good morrow. 1682 E. Ravenscroft London Cuckolds i. 9 A good morrow to you, Mistress. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. xlix. 138 I..wished them a good morrow. 1800 M. Edgeworth Castle Rackrent 124 I..bade him a good morrow as kindly as I could. 1850 T. Keightley Fairy Mythol. (rev. ed.) 514 ‘A good morrow to you, Paddy, honey,’ said Thady Byrne. 1914 J. C. Snaith Anne Feversham ix. 69 ‘I give you good morrow, Master Innkeeper,’ said Gervase in his frank and pleasant fashion. 2010 K. Cushman Alchemy & Meggy Swann xi. 86 A good morrow to you, little mistress. < as lemmas |
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